Trenching for Irrigation line using a Dewalt Sawzall 20v
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I have been digging trenches for years and never thought of this - I always use a shovel and cut both sides of the trench with the shovel instead of using the Sawzall - good video! Neat idea!
Thank you for watching!
Blown away by how straight he made the trench without a guiding line.
Yeah, that was nice. A simple chalk snap line would do it for us mere mortals.
THANK YOU! That was my first thought too.
He has good basic skills, since there is a little flex in the tubing doing it by eye saved him time and energy even if he wasn’t as straight as he was. But I have to say doing it with the sawzall was a great idea. I had to give him a sub. And a thumb. Another thing I liked was the two dogs. I have to get another one for my buddy so he someone besides me to get him exercising in. Been thinking about it for almost three years and that’s plenty of time for him with a new companion.
My thought was to do a double chalk line following a snap of the chalked line
Every working man finds a way to get a job done on the cheap and the results are proof, great simple way to get it done.
My wife and I just dug a 50’ trench by hand. At 73 I like you sawzall trick better.
It's good you had a hoe to help you.
I just watched a guy trench with a sawzall and was impressed how well it worked.
If you cut a "V" it's much easier... Basically run each pass at a 60 degree angle or so. Because the blade passes cross over each other, you can completely lift out big sections at a time and then just set them back in place after you've run your line.
Maybe wouldn't be deep enough this way
@@digitaligames7215 That was my first thought
Another great idea…. depending on the project, one now has two alternatives…….. Thank you
Nicely done. 👍 😊
Conditions vary. In some places here, I have been able to cut a bit wider, than you did. Then the sod can be rolled up.
This is helpful fixing ruts from 'mud season.
Cut and roll the sod. Add fill, tamp, replace sod, tamp and water in.
You have a great looking place, and
now one less thing to mow around!
Great idea. I blow my above ground lines out with air for the winter. Been working for 30 years so far 👍👍❤...
Great idea. As I watched a light bulb came on. I frequently divide perennials, grasses and shrubs using a machete and serrated knife. This will be perfect. Thank you for sharing.
You’d be better off with a sharp thin blade, plenty of plants won’t care much either way but with many plants that blade is too thick and corse, it’ll remove or destroy about 1/2” of material.
I’d say to either get a single blade turkey carver, many use 2 blades, or just take a real knife, and cut it to size with a grinder, lay a sawzall blade over it and trace it around the base so it will actually lock into the sawzall… or maybe grind a sawzall blade down so it’s not so fat
@@swayback7375 good suggestion, thanks.
Nice video.
I have used various trenching machines, including track hoes - but I have also used a Sawzall. You will find if you saw a "V" instead of two lines straight down, you won't need the pitchfork for removing the sod - you can use your hands. You also may not need to remove any dirt since you can place the pipe in the bottom of the V and replace the grass.
I am amazed how you cut a straight line while walking backwards!
I'm going to try this but I will need to spray paint a straight line first on the grass.
Harbor freight blade and sawzall, an unbeatable combo I’ve used on roots but never thought of this!! Next time. Thanks for the tip.
I’ve probably gone through 6 HF sawzalls doing this for garden borders. Best idea ever.
There is no such thing as a Harbor Freight Sawzall. It could have been a Sawzall bought at Harbor Freight though, If it was a Milwaukee brand tool. If not it was a Harbor Freight reciprocating saw.
Was referring to a blade bought at harbor freight. Sawzall I just used as as a generic term for a recip . saw. Like Kleenex is used for tissues.
Great blades
I'm glad to see those pups keeping an eye on things, making sure you're OK
I used this method a few months ago to cut through roots when getting ready to frame and pour a slab. It made digging out the area so much easier
Son. Of. A. Biscuit. This is absolutely brilliant. 🤩
Yeah yeah sawzall trenching. Awesome. That’s one of the coolest looking dogs I’ve ever seen! I like the ears! Good video by the way! 👍
Great idea using the saws all! I’ve used a compressor to blow air through the pipe in the fall and clear it of water before any freezing temps. Works well in case there are any low spots in the pipe.
A sawzaw pruning blade is on the way to my house from Amazon as I type! What a simple and great idea. I'm digging a VERY small french drain to get rid of my A/C drip water (South Florida humidity puts out a lot of water). I don't need to go deep or far, so this is perfect. But digging in my yard with a spade or shovel is a constant fight against thick roots, which this will cut right through. I also think this will help when I repair my dead-for-5-years sprinkler system next month as well, allowing me to trench out the sections of line that are broken to repair them.
The only thing that MAY have made your job a little easier would've been to snap a chalk line before you started digging so you wouldn't have to keep checking your direction, but your trench was straight without it, so apparently it wasn't necessary for you. I'd need a line it or it would be a curvy mess, LOL!
Thanks for the video!
especially for residential, watch out for buried lines - obviously you're not going to feel pipes/lines with a recip saw at all.
@@DigitalArchmage No doubt. I’ve had them mark my lines in the past for tree planting and the area I’m looking at had no lines. But thanks for the reminder!
In the construction industry we call sawzall a _concieled wire, breaker locater_ 😂
It’s always good to have helpers! Woof.
😊I've been trenching with my DeWalt for years. Also run the blade around my beds every year to cut the roots back. Water, dirt and mud have never hurt it. Just don't expect the blade to last long.
Those sawzalls are great; I use one specifically to dig up stumps with the same blade!
I use it all the time as well for cutting back brush and trimming trees... thanks for watching!
The Axe?
Reciprocating saws. “ Sawzall” is the name Milwaukee gives their recip saws.
Just came across your video. A trencher around here cost $300 a day, so your great idea is it. Thank You
Thank you for this idea. Much cleaner than other options.
Good idea my lawn contractor will use this idea in my yard, but he does not have any dogs supervising the job. Thanks
It worked really well for me and the supervisors do help out a lot.. ha.. thanks for watching!
Such a brilliant use of a versatile tool. Thanks.
Simply brilliant and effective! Well done
Fun to watch. Especially your dogs!
Bravo young man………..Thank you for this demonstration, helps me a lot
Nice. I'm putting in a 48x16 detached deck with a gravel filled retaining wall. I'm gonna go with a bigbox bed edger for $40 1/2 day because I'm lazy, but this was an excellent solution for shorter runs.
i have done this many times on the sod grass we have around the townhouse complex,works great also I use it when removing some small unwanted trees to cut the roots then rock the tree loose and out of the hole
10/10 for the creativity! Too many rocks where I live to do that.
thanks for a super cool idea! also I loved how curious your puppers were! so cute!
From many seasons of professional landscaping, I would just use my D-handel spade. Make the vertical cuts, then cut the sod's roots horizontally along the length of the trench scooping out long pieces. I'v don this many many times, put your sod pieces and dirt on tarps or plywood ect, replace it all carefully, rake it over so you hide the cut lines and the (hopefully) little bit of dirt that is on the grass, water it. Most people will never know something was done.
Yep. That is a slick way when not using things w fittings
Original idea to use the sawzall, I’ll extend that to other yard projects getting through surface tree roots
Why not just cut a V ? Lay the pipe at the intersection of the 2 cuts!
@@kevinmarc3394
That would be a pain getting all of the soil out with it being a V shape. It’s ideal to have the trench fit your shovel shape.
@@tonypapaythey are pretty great for tree and shrub removal if you want it all of the plant out.
Come do that in TX, where our ground hasn’t seen rain in over 2 months😂
Thank you for this fantastic tip, it saved me a lot of time and energy!
That looks surprisingly effective.
So thrilled with this, thank you. I have runaway raspberries and this will be brilliant for cutting the roots and getting them out of the ground, as well as burying some hoses that I have been moving for mowing.
I did not think of that.. thanks! take care!
Very cool idea to use the sawzall!
Great idea! The video was well made too; liked the fast forward and comic relief clips.
That black dog was....." Hmmm, this Hooman b crazy! No chalk line, no string....wait a minute, If I dug up the yard the Hoomans b mad at me. Yet this hooman tearing up the yard!!!"
HaHa... yeah, it was trying to figure out what the heck I was doing.. Thanks for watching!
Dang ... That's a great idea. Good job. 👍 I'm going to do the same for my irrigation set up.
Love this! Great job. Gives me courage to tackle some tree roots sticking up too high in my backyard with a sawzall. Thank you.
That's the _best_ way to shut down them freeloading oaks and elms. Let 'em get water and nutrients somewhere else 😂
Works great- I found a carbide tipped blade from Home Depot (but the harbor freight blade looks like a winner) and did a number on roots that were getting out of hand in the yard. I had a 1” spade bit that I drilled into the roots to lessen the material that I needed to saw through, worked like a charm! Good luck.
Not bad at all. No paint line but straight cut. Job well done.
I've used a Diablo carbide tipped pruning blade to cut roots underground with no ill effects to the blade. Hours and hours of using it that way and, other than the paint worn off, the blade was good as new.
- Thx. I've used up enough cheaper blades to buy many of the Diablos.
Dogs are like "Are we gonna get to chase something out of that ditch?"
And you get mad at us for digging holes. 🐶 🐶
Texas gramma here. Loving the music, an the 2step at the end. Nice to the point video. I think I can do this. Pups are a big help also.
REALLY ! AT FIRST, I WANTED TO FAST FORWARD THROUGH THE DIGGING, BUT THE MUSIC WAS TOO GOOD TO MISS.
I used an old circular saw to do the cuts on mine, but your use of the pitch fork instead of digging looks a treat! Thankyou !
circular saw is a good idea too! thanks for watching and sharing.. take care!
Back in the early 90’s I used to trench lawns from the satellite dishes I installed to the house with a chainsaw, did hundreds of them that way and it worked wonderfully
This is really smart, bro! You just saved me hundreds of dollars on equipment rent! Thank you!
Only difference, I'd cut in a "V" and just lift out by the grass w my hand. Great idea!
Loving the dog!
Thanks for your video. I used mine around my above ground pool. I needed to cut tree roots growing under the liner.
I do something similar, but I use a 2x6 and cut on both sides.
Wow! Amazing! A new way to get hosed!
Love the dog.🐕
I'm so glad to see this video because I have to get water to my garden, thank you
Thank you for watching! I hope it works for you as well!
Nice tip ,I need to put up my fence poles an I think it will work!! Thanks man!
A great idea, thank you for sharing!
Thank you, this was my idea exactly, I have to do more the that amount so I will defiantly take my time.
This is really helpful! Thank you!
OK, this is amazing. I'm about to trench a short path between some stuff where I want to get rainwater from the collection up by my house to a more usable area, and also run power to that area. This will work well for both, although I might have to make the electrical a bit deeper, it is a great way to remove the sod!
Very good demo. Just so you know, that’s a garden fork. A pitchfork has round, thin tines with a long handle and is used to move (pitch) hay or straw or other stuff…cow chips!
We grew up calling them a potato fork.
Roofers use them a lot also for taking off old shingles. Maybe they call it a roofing fork. Lol
@@davidpeightal4918 It's also called a spading fork. The dialectal word "spud" for potato is related to the word "spade".
Yeah, well, Sawzalls are red, not yellow! That’s a reciprocating, or recip for short, saw.
I did exactly this but with a lawn edger. Same result, but less stress on the back.
Same.
I use a long handled axe, don't have to bend that far, cut the sod that way.
Great idea. I’m going to do that
Love the music you chose for this video!
Like your helper! 🐶
Excellent idea. Thanks
I've cut sod using a sawzall. Does a great job.
I really like this idea!
Thanks for watching!
Looks good to me. Simple, straight forward. I might have tried one of the new carbide wrecking blades. Cost probably equal to your Harbor Freight blade. Carbide more money,, but lasts longer.. Although,,, the carbide wrecking blade I have in mind is sometimes not easy to find. Well done !!
Great idea. Thank you
A great tip for short runs!
Great idea Bud.
I've been contemplating doing this exact thing, but thought I was being crazy! So glad to see it's not just me. :D
And I wouldn't have even thought of the pruning blade (was going to use a demolition), but those huge openings are perfect!
Thanks for watching! it worked well for what I needed to do.. I thought I was crazy too.. until it worked!
I'm just running about 30ft of low voltage wiring inside some PVC, so in the immortal words of Jimmys World "it'll be fine".
Same
Some dude on youtube having the same idea in no way proves you aren't crazy. I think you each had a great idea and that isn't the kind of endorsement you'd want to advertise.
Interesting…. I might give that a try for my next short trench. Thanks!
great idea!
Dogs are pretty impressed with your digging skills.
Used a the saw before for cutting a trench, but as noted, always sprayed the lines before, since walking backward using a saw in the ground makes for a crooked trench.
stealing this thanks u rock
Brilliant work smart great tip....
Great idea
What a great idea, I used an edging spade and it took ages, wish I’d come across this a year ago .
I have also seen thus done with a power wash lance. Messy, but nice and easy compared to digging.
Dude that black dog is loyally watching your every move…..till he got bored.
Yeah, Toby has a pretty short attention span.. Thanks for watching!
When working near tree roots the saw is a life saver
Nice job! Great idea. I have to dig a small trench to relocate rain water next to our garden. Based on another comment, I'll wet the soil first and then hit it with the Sawzall. Cheers, Bob
I have always used a singlr-bottom plow for trenching. Now that I don't have acreage I'll have to keep this method in mind.
Great video. I'll use this fall to run a couple additional irrigation circuits. Looks like a sharp shooter shovel would pop this stuff right out.
back in 19th century for "soddies" they had sleds with 2 parallel blades, pulled across the sod with a horse wound cut like you are doing only about 16" wide.
A buddy ran electric service by trenching 90 ft to the garage. Made the cut with a rented chain saw. :)
You look like Scotty Scheffler. Groovy video. Thank you
Good job man
Thank you for watching! Take care!
Great idea - thanks!
Great video; thanks!
I am putting in a french drain this spring, im gonna use this method for taking off the sod. That is creative way of doing it.
How do you know it's a "french" drain? I think my drains are all "german" drains!😮
@@outwest7700 I buried napoleon's musket in the trench
Cool idea!
I used to install irrigation systems. The hose clamps that you screw down are not the correct ones. The ones made for it you just squeeze them with nippers. They are single-use but they are much cheaper and they're very reliable being buried and they're easy to remove when you need to. They sell bags of them pretty much anywhere that you can get the fittings.
If you need to do a lot of that poly pipe you can rent a machine called a cable plow and it will put them underground and you don't have to put dirt back on it puts the sod back in place and everything you just walk on it and then put some water on it to keep the grass from dying. Hit the end of the poly pipe with a propane torch for a few seconds and it makes it easy to slide the fitting on. The cable plow also has an attachment that will allow you to run pipe under a sidewalk, and I think we even did some under driveways. I think the one we used was a Ditch Witch. It's been years since I did it and honestly I don't miss it.
In the fall you hook an air compressor up and blow the water out so they don't freeze. They normally use a gigantic tow-behind air compressor but you can use something smaller if you let it build back up and blow it several times.
I’m going to try this today.
Seems to work well. I just watered the ground well and made a single cut with a square spade, rocking the shovel back and forth to open a V shape. Take the pipe or in my case, ground contact rated cable, and push it in 5 to 6 inches with a board. Stomp the sod back together. Very quick and minimal disruption of the grass.
I have used a shovel like that many times, works great for cable.
There's a machine that does this and it does exactly what you're describing accept you just drive the machine over it and it automatically cuts a slit in the ground and shoves the pipe or wire about 6 or 8 inches into the ground. It's called a cable plow.
Your dog has the best ears...
A very good job.
Thank you!
That's brilliant
Good idea. Thanks.